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Cool, green Frankfurt
FRANKFURT, GERMANY - "It's going to be 25 degrees on Wednesday," our hotel's doorman cheerfully told me the other day, meaning, it's going to be 77 Fahrenheit. I cringed. The Messe at Frankfurt is an overheated mess. I wanted the cool temperatures that hit this part of Germany to stay. The cool weather did on Tuesday, the 11th, anyway, so I could cool off while walking between the overheated, over lit buildings.
Global warming nonetheless reared its ugly head, in that it got the German automakers that normally are fond of talking horsepower and dynamics to talk green, and blue, as in Bluetec and a Hyundai concept called i-Blue.
"Protecting the environment is indeed the big thing at Frankfurt," BMW's Dr. Norbert Reithofer said, just before unveiling the rakish X6 "sport/activity coupe." The X6 will come in six- and eight-cylinder variants, including a new V-8, probably a direct gas-injection engine. Take that juxtaposition of facts however you'd like.
We may get BMW's upcoming 4.0-liter V-8 turbodiesel in the X6. BMW also showed a full hybrid version, but German automakers steadfastly believe that it will be diesel and not hybrid power that will save us from imported oil. Still, the BMW hybrid system is truly high-tech and surely expensive, with two high-powered electric motors that run without the gas engine, on a higher speed range than current hybrids. BMW claims up to 20-percent better fuel economy. The X6 hybrid is due in 2009.
BMW also showed its cool new 1 Series coupe, in 123d (turbodiesel) form. It wasn't that long ago that German automakers sold diesels in sedans, wagons and trucks, but not coupes. Sports cars won't be far behind.
Mercedes-Benz still shares a Messe building with estranged wife Chrysler. By the time I reached Benz's big tent after the Bavarian press conference, Dieter Zetsche was addressing the crowd in German - he doesn't need to practice his English anymore -- and I couldn't find any translator headphones. I did make out Mercedes' F700 concept. It's a future S-Class that looks like Trevor Creed's Chrysler Nassau design team got to it, with a 1.8-liter "Dies-Otto" engine powering it. The Dies-Otto is a gas engine that uses mostly diesel technology to eke out great gas mileage and enough power and torque to move its S-monster like a V-8.
Mercedes also gave us a peek at the next E-Class -- nothing you haven't seen in spy shots. It launches as a 2009 model, but in 2010 or '11, Mercedes plans to offer the E- and S-Class with a diesel-hybrid powertrain, using the V-6 turbodiesel that debuts in the U.S.-market GL-, M- and R-Classes next year. Diesel-hybrid is a very expensive technology, costing, of course, twice as much as either powertrain separately. In other words, probably $4,000 to $6,000 on top of the price of a regular old luxury sedan, the type of cost only a Mercedes-size sticker could absorb.
I skipped the Chrysler press conference after that, because I was worried they would play some music by Journey to introduce the Dodge Journey. And anyway, I've already seen the new crossover. So I hightailed it to Building 8, the ghetto where GM, Toyota, Peugeot and China's Brilliance Motors are on display. GM got the short end of this stick, having its press conference at the same time as the Chrysler press conference that followed local hero Benz.
Opel also had a diesel-hybrid, of sorts, a concept called the E-Flex. It's the Eurogreentrash version of the Chevy Volt, a two-box sportwagon type thing with a small diesel engine that juices up a plug-in hybrid system. The wagon-y "monocab" also gives Opel the advantage of better aerodynamics. GM also showed a special edition Saab Turbo X, to commemorate the black turbo Saab that was launched some 30 years ago at Frankfurt, a new Opel Agila hatchback MPV, and the new Chevy Aveo with Beat/Groove grille, which makes it look kinda cool from the front bumper all the way up to the sideview mirrors.
Then I took the time to check out the coolest thing at the show. The Giant Cinquecento. It's not even for a new car -- the Fiat 500, or Cinquecento has been out since the summer. Fiat built a giant display as a kind of arcade ride for the new Mini Cooper-fighter. Get in line and you can take a ride in a real Cinquecento, a kind of a waste of time, but who cares? You get to check out the Fiat's tre' chic interior while riding around in a little circle. I didn't have time to ride it, but I almost bought Cinquecento cufflinks, until I was told the price: 60 euro. Nearly $90. I bought a six-euro 1/43 model, instead.


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Juventus star striker and Portugal international, Cristiano Ronaldo seems not to be letting the return of the Italian Seria A League get to him as he makes out time to relax and catch fun.
The top winger despite been seen in training mode in different pictures he has uploaded, however wore an enchanting smile on his face in his recent photo as he showed off his expensive wristwatch.
C. Ronaldo is seen rocking a white top, brown chinos and a white sneakers, giving fans a bit of his fashion sense.
He has also gotten rid of his ponytail hairstyle he was forced to keep due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) June 11, 2020
Well, he has the money to match up his taste as he was recently named the richest footballer on Forbes list.
As the Seria A is set to return, fans can’t wait to see Ronaldo return to the pitch.


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MALAYSIA REMAINS SAFE
Informa Markets, the Organiser of Livestock Malaysia, considers the well-being and safety of all participants at Livestock Malaysia 2020 as of utmost importance. Malaysia remains a safe travel destination. The Malaysian Government, including its Health Ministry (MOH) and Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC), is closely monitoring the situation and has taken preventive actions and measures against the Novel Coronavirus. We encourage all participants, particularly those who have recently travelled to China to monitor their health and to seek immediate medical attention should they feel unwell or show any related symptoms.
Please read our travel advisory regarding the Wuhan Coronavirus:
ELEVATING AGRONOMICS @ LIVESTOCK MALAYSIA 2022
Livestock Malaysia will be back for its 10th edition in 2022 and will continue to play an important role in gathering innovators, thought-leaders and experts from around the world to meet, network and discuss the challenges the industry is facing and the latest developments in the market today, eventually enhancing the Livestock sector globally. Moving forward, Livestock Malaysia will be held at the Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC), Malacca from 10 – 12 August 2022.
This show is a must attend for all players involved in the feed, livestock and meat industry!
Livestock Malaysia will be attended by market-leading local, regional and international suppliers covering all sectors of the feed, livestock and meat.
Livestock Malaysia is open to trade and business visitors only and attracts a wide range of key decision makers, influencers and buyers.
As COVID-19 has made your daily live changed drastically with the uses of face mask, handwashing, hand sanitizer gel, etc. to protect yourself from getting infected by the harmful virus.
A poultry industry observer told StarBizWeek that size and integration enabled the large scale businesses to import feed input and conduct feed sales, which are
The poultry industry is an important industry as it provides a cheap source of protein to Malaysians. Statistic’s show a Malaysian consumes an average of
Three premises including a chicken factory in Negeri Sembilan have been ordered to close after workers there tested positive for Covid-19, said Senior Minister (Security)
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UK travellers are being misled by time-limited holiday deals according to a new investigation from Which? Travel.
Tracking special offers that claimed to be available for a limited period only for three weeks in July and August, Which? found that the “deals” were still the same price or cheaper after the offers had officially ended in 16 out of 30 cases.
This could put holiday companies in breach of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, which stipulate that retailers should not cause the average person to make a transactional decision they wouldn’t otherwise have made by being misleading.
Which? has highlighted numerous examples, including Sandals, which offered a seven-night, all-inclusive break to Jamaica from £1,465 per person as part of its Summer 2018 Mega Sale in October. However, the day after the sale ended, the same holiday was actually £50 cheaper. Which? claims the holiday company runs 60 per cent off promotions back-to-back under different names. A spokesperson for Unique Caribbean Holidays Ltd., the UK tour operator for Sandals Resorts, said the company does not intentionally pressure sell or create false book-by dates and that all of the Sandals and Beaches Resorts’ packages are fairly promoted to the customer.
Meanwhile Virgin’s Holiday Sale offered seven nights at Florida’s Coco Key Hotel from £792 per person if booked by 17 August. The day after the sale, the same dates had dropped to £677 per person – a £230 saving for two people sharing. A Virgin Holidays spokesperson said the company would never intentionally advertise anything misleading, adding: “We’re always looking to secure the best possible value for our customers – and should we be able to obtain better offers from our suppliers, these savings will be passed on to benefit the customer.”
In Lastminute.com’s Flash Sale, a night’s stay at the Hotel R Kipling in Paris plus flights from London was on offer for £139 if booked by 23 August. The following day, the same package fell to £126; and this lower price was still available a week later. A Lastminute.com spokesperson said: “It is not, and never has been, our intention to mislead our customers.”
“Our investigation shows that most of the time-limited deals we looked at are nothing of the sort,” says Which? travel editor Rory Boland.
“The tight deadlines, emotive language and countdown clocks are all designed to rush us into making a decision, but it might not be the right one.
“Don’t be fooled – compare prices with other holiday companies and travel agents to check savings are genuine.”
Kuoni and Inghams, both of which had “time-limited deals” that turned out to be the same price or cheaper after the offer had expired, said they would be reviewing how they promote deals as a result of Which?’s investigation.
A spokesperson for Kuoni said it takes the findings “extremely seriously”. They added: “It’s never our intention to mislead customers. These offers should have been promoted as special offers rather than a sale, and we have ensured processes are in place to clarify this going forward.”
An Inghams representative said the tour operator promised to “review all procedures” to ensure it didn’t happen in future.
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McDonald’s Introduces a New Fried Chicken Sandwich
Houston. Knoxville. Lunch tomorrow? No beef. 🐔 😉 pic.twitter.com/ElVyhy2U4S
— McDonald’s (@McDonalds) December 1, 2019
The fast-food chain is launching their new Crispy Chicken Sandwich in hopes of taking a bite out of the sales of the two current fried poultry kings, Popeyes and Chick-fil-A, reported Fox Business.
McDonald’s new sandwich features a fried chicken patty topped with butter and crinkle cut dill pickles on a buttery potato roll. There’s also a deluxe version that includes lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
Unfortunately, in order to get your hands on the new fried chicken treats you’ll have to make your way to Houston or Knoxville, as McDonald’s is only testing out the menu item in those two cities. The promotion is happening now until January 26th.
“Houston. Knoxville. Lunch tomorrow? No beef,” the fast-food giant tweeted the news of the sandwich.
While it seems like McDonald’s is gunning for its two main rivals, the country’s most popular chain says there’s no competition.
“We certainly meant no beef when we hinted at a new menu item arriving in some of our restaurants,” company spokesperson Lauren Altmin said. “It’s true, we’re testing two new chicken sandwiches at participating restaurants in the Houston, Texas and Knoxville, Tennessee, areas.”
If all goes well with the initial test, fans in the rest of the country may see the items arrive nationwide in the near future.
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NFC tag and services supplier Identive has hired Matthew Smith as vice president of product and technology management in the company’s Mobility & NFC Solutions group. Smith was previously the director of TSM operations at Gemalto.
- App offers order ahead restaurant service
- Facebook given licence to launch Messenger payments in Europe
- NFC clothing range connects US Ski Team with winter sports fans
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WINE warehouse chain Majestic Wine today reported a 9% rise in half-year profits and said increasing private sales helped offset the continuing decline in business demand.
Majestic posted pre-tax profits of £6.1 million in the six months to September 28, up from £5.6 million in the same period last year.
The firm said sales were accelerating, with same-store revenue growth increasing from 5.4% in the first half to 6% in the five weeks to November 2.
The report comes after Majestic’s last annual profits more than halved, due to lower sales of champagne to recession-hit firms and as a weak pound made European wines more expensive to buy.
Majestic said sales to private customers in the first half showed "strong growth", up 8.9%, while the economic conditions continued to hit business demand, with sales down 6.9%.
Sales of fine wines priced at £20 or more increased by 14.4% on last year, while the average price of a bottle of still wine rose from £6.19 last year to £6.41.
But Majestic said the decline in sales to business customers meant the average spend per transaction fell slightly to £133.
The retailer reduced the minimum in store purchase to six bottles of wine in September and said the results of the change were "encouraging", with an increase in the number of transactions and more new customers registering on the firm’s database.
"Whilst we are pleased with the trading performance so far this year we remain cautious about the economic climate," the firm said.
"We are well positioned for the very important Christmas trading period."
Sales of sparkling wine grew well in the period, with still wine from South Africa, New Zealand and Spain also proving popular.
Majestic, which currently has 153 stores in the UK, said it could grow to occupy at least 250 locations.
During the period, the company opened stores in Southend-on-Sea, Shrewsbury, Edinburgh and Market Harborough.
Outlets in Abingdon and Sale have also been launched since September.
Majestic chief executive Steve Lewis said the firm had dealt with the strong euro and higher price of old world wine, by focusing on produce from countries like New Zealand.
He predicted tough competition from supermarkets on price in the run up to Christmas, but said Majestic would be able to stand apart with tastings in all its stores and strong customer service.
There is also a growing trend of customers enjoying their wine at home.
The firm’s results come as rival off licence brands struggle under pressure from supermarket competition.
Threshers’ owner First Quench, which trades as The Local, Haddows, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine, fell into administration last month.
Administrators have announced the closure of 373 loss-making stores, but said interest from potential buyers in the remaining outlets was "overwhelming".
Mr Lewis said the uncertainty over the chain was likely to help Majestic.
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In total, the recall includes almost four million tubes of the various brands of toothpaste. The toothpaste was manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of Indianapolis, Indiana from 2013 through September 2014 and distributed for sale throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Taiwan from June 2013 to April 2015.
GSK has not explained how the wood fragments got into the toothpaste and reports that an investigation is still underway. After the company’s Consumer Relations division received several reports of the fragments in consumers toothpaste bottles, GSK decided to recall any and all potentially impacted lots.
and remember folks…
GSK really wants you to believe that they value patient health and well being over everything else…
GSK recalls 3.9M tubes of toothpaste that may have wood fragments in them
With its deal last year to combine consumer health operations with Novartis ($NVS) in a joint venture that GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) will run, GSK CEO Andrew Witty bet a big piece of the drugmaker’s future on products like OTC pain meds and toothpaste. While Witty has lauded the future of that operation, it has stumbled in that market with the recall of nearly 4 million tubes of toothpaste products that may give users splinters.
GSK is recalling dozens of lots–3,977,252 tubes–made up of different varieties of Biotene and Sensodyne toothpaste, from the U.S., Puerto Rico and Taiwan. According to the FDA‘s most recent Enforcement Report, “fragments of wood were found when the product was extruded onto a toothbrush.” The toothpaste was actually manufactured for GSK by Oratech, a Utah-based contractor.
According to a letter to retailers posted by Smith Drugs, GSK started the recall several weeks ago but the product has been on the market for nearly two years. It was shipped from June 2013 through April of this year.
GSK said it was alerted to the problem by a “small number of complaints.” In a statement today, GSK said only that it hasn’t learned of any injuries from the tainted toothpaste but is recalling the product as a precautionary measure since they may contain wood fragments.
Sensodyne & Biotene Toothpastes Are Recalled By Wegmans Because Of This Unbelievably Terrifying Reason
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On Saturday, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare recalled specific Sensodyne and Biotene toothpaste tubes, according to a post on supermarket chain Wegmans’ website. The affected toothpaste “may contain small fragments of wood” and can be returned to the store for a full refund. The voluntary recall affects only certain lots of the toothpaste brands.
The affected products cater toward people with specialized dental needs. Sensodyne is supposed to protect sensitive teeth that can be irritated easily by hot and cold substances. Biotene is supposed to help with dry mouth. To find out if your tube is affected, check the lot code on the left end of the toothpaste box or on the back seam of the tube itself. Affected toothpaste will fall into one of these categories:
Biotene Toothpaste, Fluoride, Dry Mouth, Fresh Mint Original, 4.3 oz. UPC: 0-48582-10050, only product with the following codes: X3J271, X3K171, X3K291, X3N171, X4B061, X4B081, X4C251, X4D291, X4D301, X4E081, X4G131, X4H111
Biotene Toothpaste, Fluoride, Dry Mouth, Fresh Mint Original, 4.5 oz. UPC: 0-48582-00220, only product with the following codes: X2K151, X3B211, X3C012, X3C141, X3C251, X3G021
Sensodyne Repair & Protect Toothpaste, Daily Repair, with Fluoride, Extra Fresh, 3.4 oz. UPC: 3-10158-84030, only product with the following codes: Q3H081N, Q3H101N1, Q3H131C, Q3J121C, Q3J121D, Q3J261, Q3J291, Q3M021, Q3M071, Q3N021, Q3N211, Q4A111, Q4B201, Q4C151, Q4C191, Q4D111, Q4D151R, Q4F161, Q4F201, Q4G301
Sensodyne Complete Protection Toothpaste, Sensitivity, with Cavity & Gingivitis Protection, Extra Fresh, 3.4 oz. UPC: 3-10158-08560, ONLY product with the following codes: C4D061, C4E161, C4E211, C4F051, C4H111
Wegmans shoppers can bring their tainted toothpaste back to the store for a full refund. There doesn’t appear to be any word yet about other stores offering a refund. In fact, Wegmans seems to be the only store carrying the affected lots, as it is the only store to have reported the recall.
Earlier this year, GSK recalled a specific type of flu vaccine in the United States for reduced effectiveness. That recall was also voluntary and did not pose a safety risk to the public, according to the company’s release. What’s interesting is that no such release can be found for this weekend’s toothpaste recall.
In 2014, GSK competitor Proctor & Gamble faced troubles of its own when a dental hygienist found that at least some types of Crest toothpaste embedded non-soluble plastic particles into users’ gums. The company announced it would reevaluate the ingredients of its products through March 2016.


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Olivia Rodrigo guts tour ticket prices to $20, taking on Taylor Swift and Ticketmaster
Olivia Rodrigo is offering $20 tickets for her upcoming tour, taking on Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift.
The move is seen as a challenge to the high ticket prices charged by other artists and ticketing platforms.
Rodrigo's decision to offer affordable tickets is aimed at making her concerts accessible to a wider audience.
The $20 tickets will be available for all shows on the tour, regardless of location or venue.
The move has been praised by fans and industry experts alike, who see it as a positive step towards making live music more affordable.
Rodrigo's popularity has skyrocketed in recent months, thanks in part to the success of her debut album, 'Sour'.
The tour is set to kick off in 2022 and is expected to be one of the most highly anticipated events of the year.
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MILAN — Dsquared2 has renewed its licensing agreement with Italian company ISA SpA, which manufactures and distributes the fashion label’s beachwear, underwear and socks collections. The partnership, which was first signed in 2013, has been extended through 2019.Dean Caten, founder and creative director of Dsquared2 along with his twin brother Dan Caten, expressed a belief in the potential of the category. “ISA SpA has been able to interpret the DNA of Dsquared2 and we are confident that together we will continue to grow further in these categories and achieve great results."ISA also develops underwear, loungewear and sock collections for a range of international labels, such as Roberto Cavalli, Just Cavalli, Jimmy Choo and Ermenegildo Zegna.“Dsquared2 holds a specific position within our brand portfolio due to its uniqueness and exclusivity. In these years of working together, we made a path and create targeted sales strategies for clients and specific geographic areas,” said ISA chief executive officer Mila Zegna Baruffa.Dsquared2 features additional licensing agreements, including one with Marcolin for eyewear and another with ITF for the production and worldwide distribution of its fragrances.
@deciem is all about transparency and approachability. At this year’s WWD Digital Beauty Forum, the brand's co-CEO @nicolakilner said talking to customers directly about the ingredients in products and how they work is key. #wwdsummits #wwdbeauty
‘We didn't know how relevant our film would be when we were making it. When Steven [Rogers] wrote the script Trump wasn't president, class divide in America wasn't as evident as it is now, though it was present. The Time’s Up movement hadn't began and the way we look at women and treat women who speak out — thankfully that is something that seems to have shifted in the last year. I think we just need to continue making art that provokes the conversation and do what we can,’ said ‘I, Tonya’ actress @margotrobbie. Head to WWD.com to see all the celebrities who walked the red carpet @bafta #timesup #wwdeye (📸: Neil Hall)
Gemma Arterton is joined on the @bafta’s red carpet by Eileen Pullen and Gwen Davis, the two women who started the fight for the pay-gap. ‘They represent a normal person speaking out for what is right. Speak out, we will listen and anyone can speak out,’ said Arterton. #eebaftas #timesup #wwdeye (📸: David Fisher)


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YES BANK, Indiaís fifth-largest private bank, announced an agreement with BankBazaar.com to showcase its Retail Assets products on the financial website.
From skill development centres to conducive norms for student entrepreneurs that can help them raise seed funds, Indian start-ups have great expectations from the upcoming budget.
During the India Digital Summit conducted by IAMAI, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder, Paytm, in his presentation shared some facts and figures related to cashback the company rolled out last year.
Itís required no wild guess to understand why manufacturers of iPhone, iPad, Mac are eyeing Indian market to set their exclusive brand outlet.
Tata Group is all set to come up with its eCommerce portal soon with an intention to tap the online shopping space which is expected to grow 20 folds over the next 10 years.
Hyper local service providers are delivering comfort, convenience and quality to the customers, the three things that rank high on their wish list.
As the number of Internet users in India rose 32% last year, to reach 302 million, according to the Internet and Mobile Association of India, which includes members such as Google, Microsoft, eBay, IBM, Flipkart, Ola Cabs and LinkedIn.
Digital payment solutions firm Mobikwik will spend about Rs 100 crore on marketing and advertising over the next few months to expand the user base of its mobile wallet services in the country.
Indian online market is expected to surge 10 times from its current level to $50 billion by 2020.The market is primarily driven by better Internet penetration and higher incomes,as per a recent report by IAMAI.
The digital commerce market in the country had grown 53 per cent to Rs 81,525 crore in 2014,as per a report by IAMAI and IMRB International.
With the year 2014 drawing to a close, there are ample reasons to cheer how the ecommerce sector in India has grown by leaps and bounds, despite the fact that this is just the beginning of the ecommerce era in the country.
With increasing penetration of mobile broadband and easy availability of low-cost smartphones will help India overtake the US as the world's second largest Internet user-base by 2016
Leading mobile commerce company, Paytm is aiming to clock $1 billion gross merchandise value (GMV) by March next year on the back of growing smartphone penetration and rising number of customers buying from e-commerce sites.


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On a recent July afternoon, activity at Milwaukee Enterprise Center-South is brisk. Some pedestrians pass by, others enter the hulking 120,000-square-foot structure on Milwaukee's south side. Inside, people are working. Really working.
The activity started to pick up in April, when Site Personnel Services Inc. became the first firm to move into the business incubator, and became evidence of what MEC-South officials have known for about five years.
"There are businesses just waiting for an opportunity like this," said Miguel Berry, director of MEC-South, 816 W. National Ave.
MEC-South recently landed another business waiting for an opportunity: Twin Technology Inc., an agricultural machine manufacturer. Several more tenants should move in soon, Berry said.
What's happening at MEC-South has been happening at other nonprofit business incubators for years. Incubators continue to flourish in an economy that over the last year or so has been anything but booming. That makes their role in local business development all the more important.
"In this kind of economy you have many more people with a number of years experience who suddenly find themselves out of work," said Brian O'Malley, director of Milwaukee Enterprise Center-North, an incubator at 2821 N. Fourth St., …


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If we were guessing, we’d have said the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 would probably be land in August 2023. After all, the last two models of the former and three models of the latter were announced in August of their respective release years. But a new leak suggests this year's Galaxy foldable phones might actually arrive sooner than expected, in July.
This comes from leaker @Tech_Reve, who – posting on Twitter – claimed that Samsung usually starts mass-producing hinges for its upcoming foldable phones at the end of June, but that this year it’s going to start at the beginning of month, instead.
They suggest that, as a result, it’s possible the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 will be announced in July rather than August.
Samsung Electronics usually starts mass production of foldable phone hinges at the end of June, but this year they will start mass production at the beginning of June.It's also possible that the Galaxy foldable will be released in July this year.April 20, 2023
That said, this release date claim sounds like speculation, and there could be other reasons for Samsung’s early start on hinge mass-production (if Tech_Reve's claims are indeed true).
SamMobile – which spotted the leak – makes the point that we’ve elsewhere heard Samsung is using a new hinge design for these phones, so it could simply be that the company wants more time to manufacture these more modern hinges. That would make sense, as it might be a more involved process or be more open to issues than with the current hinge design found in the Flip and Fold 4.
In which case, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 might still land in August, as previously expected.
What else is coming?
Of course, that too is just speculation, but if Samsung does launch these phones early then it raises the question of what significant launches the company would have throughout the rest of the year.
If there’s nothing else then the company could have a long empty stretch before the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S24, which we might not see until February 2024. There will likely be a Samsung Galaxy S23 FE at some point, but that’s not much to hang half a year on.
Moving beyond phones, there’s also the expected Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series to consider, but this line of wearables has often landed alongside Samsung’s foldables, in recent years. So that begs the question of whether the Galaxy Watch 6 would also have an early July launch, or land separately in August (or later).
With all that in mind, for now we still reckon August is the most likely release month for the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5. That gives the Samsung Galaxy S23 series more breathing room and more evenly spreads out Samsung’s flagship phone launches than a July launch would.
But we can’t rule out July either, especially as with increased competition this year from new rivals – like the upcoming Google Pixel Fold – Samsung might want to get its own foldables out the door early.


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Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has made dairy processors a key target for state and federal funds related to energy conservation and energy generation.
This news, delivered by Governor Doyle at the Wisconsin Cheese Industry Conference, joins the governor’s earlier success, along with a bipartisan group of legislators, in providing an investment tax credit to Wisconsin's dairy product manufacturers.
It’s official: dairy is good bet for state investment.
In a down economy, Wisconsin’s legislature and governor are recognizing that core industries like dairy processing are retaining employees, continuing to spend dollars in their local economy and remaining optimistic for future growth and investment.
At the Wisconsin Cheese Industry Conference in April, an expert panel laid out technologies, costs and payback for constructing anaerobic digesters to capture methane produced by cheese plant whey permeate and wastewater streams. Energy producing technology is “shovel ready,” and now cash incentives for this energy generation concept are moving through government pipelines.
While the governor is targeting dairy for future energy generation incentives, Wisconsin’s investment tax credits for dairy processors are already here: 2008 marked the second calendar year for the credits. In 2007, 14 companies earned a portion of $600,000 in credits and in 2008, 26 Wisconsin dairy manufacturers applied for a share of $700,000 in tax credits.
Wisconsin’s $20 billion dairy industry has moved to the economic foreground as the state and the nation struggle through difficult times.
The dairy industry has not escaped recession. Dairy producers are facing perilously low milk prices as related prices for cheese, butter, whey and nonfat dry milk remain low. Nationally, milk production turned negative in March - the first monthly milk production decline in five years.
At the same time, Wisconsin dairy producers increased milk production in March by nearly 2 percent, partially offsetting declines in California, New York, Idaho and Pennsylvania. March cheese production jumped in Wisconsin and other states (against falling butter production), with Wisconsin producing 6.5 percent more cheese than in March 2008.
While the national milk supply is turning downward, the issue in this economy is demand. The demand picture for cheese is complex, with retail grocery and deli sales solid and foodservice demand off, especially at “full service” restaurants and among pizza chains.
Pizza Hut, Domino’s and Papa Johns reported negative to slightly positive sales in the first quarter of 2009, an improvement over the last quarter of 2008 when these chains reported sales down 2-3 percent.
As pizza goes, so goes the dairy industry: delivery pizza accounts for 40 percent of all US cheese used in foodservice, and foodservice (restaurants, supermarket prepared foods, hospitals, etc.) is the dominant outlet for all cheese. Forty-one percent of all US cheese is sold into foodservice, while 37 percent is sold in supermarkets and 22 percent to food processors.
The National Restaurant Association stated last week that restaurants reported negative same-store sales for the tenth consecutive month in March. Sixty-three percent of operators reported a same-store sales decline in March, up from 56 who reported negative sales in February.
Dairy exports, the darling of 2008, also are down in an economy that is slumping worldwide. USDA’s Economic Research Service expects exports to decline 33 percent (in the federal fiscal year ending in September 2009).
Deborah Perkins, managing director at Rabobank International, described a global economic downturn at the annual meeting of the US Dairy Export Council April 29. Global industrial production, which has averaged 5 percent annual growth in the past five years, dropped to negative 12 percent growth in February 2009 compared to February 2008.
Milk production among leading exporters (USA, EU, Australia, Argentina) was up 3 percent in the first quarter of 2008 but dropped to less than 1 percent growth by fourth quarter, Perkins reported. She expects milk production to decline throughout 2009 in these nations, but New Zealand will see a gain, up about 5 percent, after declining 4 percent last year due to drought.
Overall, Perkins expects dairy commodity prices to remain weak through at least the first half of 2009 with various government interventions providing a floor. She predicted “meaningful” price recovery at best in late 2009 and possibly in early 2010.
While economic conditions are impacting dairy’s bottom line, Wisconsin Governor Doyle and the state legislature are betting on investment in dairy to provide jobs, new energy and economic activity in the long term. It’s a good bet. r
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The Center For Disease Control (CDC) warning for travelers to stay home with their immediate family over Thanksgiving has gone unheard by many U.S. travelers.
Despite CDC warnings, this past Friday and Saturday were two of the busiest travel days in U.S. airports since the pandemic began.
Although air traffic was down 60% from last Thanksgiving, 2 million Americans still transited through airports across the country.
With millions of travelers expected to hit the roads before Thanksgiving is said and done, the holiday could prove disastrous for an already out of control COVID-19 situation in the U.S.
The CDC made a last minute attempt to warn American travelers by releasing new travel advice on November 19th that read “As cases continue to increase rapidly across the United States, the safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to celebrate at home with the people you live with.”
“Travel may increase your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19. Postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others this year,” the CDC added.
The warning came after over 1 million people in the United States tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 7 days.
For those who are still choosing to travel, the CDC has provided a list of recommendations. The guidance includes well-established practices such as hand washing, social distancing, mask-wearing, avoiding contact with confirmed positive cases, and avoiding touching of the face.
Other Thanksgiving specific measures for those travelling to in-person gatherings include bringing your own utensils (or offering single-use options), avoiding having multiple people prepare food, and gathering outdoors when possible.
Mixed Messages Impact Domestic Travel
The warning comes at a time when cases in the United States are reaching all-time highs and international travel to the country remains at a standstill. While the CDC is telling people to stay home, the travel industry has been working tirelessly in an effort to create safe and welcoming destinations for tourists.
Just this week the U.S. Travel Association updated its COVID-19 safety guidelines to help those working in the travel industry continue operating safely and welcoming guests.
According to the U.S. Travel Association, the pandemic has cost the U.S. domestic tourism industry $463 billion in cumulative losses. International travel to the US is still at historically low levels due to border restrictions such as the one between Canada and the US that has been extended until at least December 21.
More Mixed Messages
Travelers are confused and with good reason.
The Center For Disease Control (CDC) sent a very strong message in a new warning announced on its website that cruise ship travel comes with a ‘very high risk’ of contracting COVID-19.
However, the CDC also lifted the ‘No Sail Order’ allegedly bowing to pressure from the White House at the end of October allowing cruise ships to resume operations in the United States under strict new regulations.
To Travel or Not To Travel?
There really is no right or wrong answer. There are no laws that prevent Americans from traveling, but should they?
Only you can decide that for yourself.
One thing’s for sure. If you decide to travel, wear a mask and do everything you can to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. At the end of the day, people’s lives depend on it.
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Amidst what has become a constant barrage of negative news since you-know-who became “president,” it’s a relief to find a story of people continuing to do good, like Pittsburgh residents Safaa Bokhari and Gisele Fetterman, who came up with the idea of providing tiny hijabs to dress their childrens’ Barbies and other dolls.
Both women have five-year-old daughters that play together and it was Fetterman who came up with the idea of creating a doll-sized headscarf, according to coverage by The Huffington Post.
The idea led to the launch of Hello Hijab, which was created in partnership with Do Good, a community organization founded by Fetterman and Kristen Michaels.
Bokhari and Fetterman found a Muslim seamstress in Pittsburgh to make the scarves in multiple colors and patterns. The hijab will be shipped with a card explaining the hijab’s meaning to Muslim women and the importance of embracing diversity. All of the proceeds from the effort will be given to organizations including the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Priced at $6, the Hello Hijab store will open on April 1, 2017. Visit forgoodpgh.org/hello-hijab for more info.


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UK’s ASA bans crypto ads for failing to highlight involved risks
- The regulator banned ads from multiple companies, including Coinbase and Papa John’s.
- ASA claims the ads it banned were irresponsibly taking advantage of consumers.
- The watchdog claims cryptocurrencies are a red-alert priority issue at the moment.
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned several crypto ads failing to mention that crypto trading comes with immense risk. A report unveiled this news earlier today, noting that the watchdog took this action because the ads were irresponsibly taking advantage of consumers’ inexperience and failing to illustrate the risk of the investment.
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According to the report, the outlawed ads were from renowned crypto trading platforms, including eToro, Coinburp, Coinbase Europe, Luno Money, Exmo Exchange, and Payward. While most of the ads were from crypto platforms, pizza chain Papa John’s found itself in the mix, with ASA banning an advert on its website and Twitter handle.
The ad read promised Papa John’s customers that they could save $19.88 (£15.00) if they spent $39.76 (£30.00) or more at its restaurants. The ad also promised customers $13.25 (£10.00) worth of free Bitcoin (BTC/USD) from Luno.
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In its defense, the pizza chain said the ad was part of its annual celebration of BTC pizza day, an event that marks the day a Florida man named Laszlo Hanye paid for two Papa John’s pizzas using 10,000 BTC on May 22, 2010. 10,000 BTC is worth north of $476 million (£359.51 million) at the moment.
Papa John’s added that its ad did not mention investing in BTC. Instead, it only offered customers a way to earn free BTC. Nonetheless, ASA maintained that the ad trivialized a serious and potentially costly financial decision.
The agency added that,
The ads were addressed to a general audience and we considered that most of those who engaged in a promotion linked to buying pizza were likely to be inexperienced in their understanding of cryptocurrencies and the risks inherent in doing so. We further noted that the ads contained no risk warnings about cryptocurrency.
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Coinbase’s ad was a paid-for promotion on Facebook, and it read $6.61 (£5.00) in 2010 would have been worth $132,228.70 (£100,000.00) in January 2021. Don’t miss out on the next decade – get started with Coinbase today. Per ASA, this ad was misleading because it implied BTC’s value would have a similar increase over the next decade.
ASA added that Coinbase did not inform investors that the coin’s past performance was not a guide for the future.
Miles Lockwood, ASA’s Director of Complaints and Investigations, said cryptos are a red-alert priority issue for the agency. He added that consumers need to know about the risks of investing in cryptos. To this end, the agency believes companies in the space should ensure their ads are not misleading or socially irresponsible.


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LOS ANGELES -- Next Autoworks, a would-be automaker in California, has a new CEO with roots in Detroit and a host of suppliers ready to provide parts for an efficient small car.
But it lacks a crucial loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to jump-start its efforts. A decision is expected by year end. The San Diego company's previous DOE application, for $320 million, was declined in March.
The department already has provided major grants to two other startup automakers in California: Tesla Motors Inc. and Fisker Automotive.
If the money arrives, Next is ready to get to work.
At a media event here last week, new CEO Kathleen Ligocki released the names of Next's tentative suppliers and showed a prototype of the car. Next has a skeleton staff of 35 full-time employees, mostly engineers.
Next is relying on suppliers to design core components. "The car, not the manufacturer, is at the center of the hub," said Next COO John Harbison. "All our drawings are available to all suppliers, so everyone sees how their pieces fit into the jigsaw puzzle."
Ligocki has worked at General Motors and Ford, as well as United Technologies and Tower Automotive. Previously she headed GS Motors, a Mexican company selling Chinese cars.
Next Autoworks, previously known as V-Vehicle Co., has said it has the venture capital of big names such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures and T. Boone Pickens.
The car is a four-seat hatchback built with a spaceframe, a structure assembled from interlocking struts. Exterior panels, such as fenders and doors, are attached to the frame.
At the media event, officials prohibited journalists from photographing the lone prototype. It looks like a rough version of a Nissan Leaf, with chunky styling and a Spartan interior.
By using a spaceframe instead of unibody construction, Next can affix composite body panels that are not structural pieces, making assembly cheaper. It also means the roof can be replaced with a retracting fabric top at a dealership in less than an hour.
The 1.6-liter, four-cylinder engine would come from Fiat Powertrain Technologies. The continuously variable transmission will have six stepped "gears." Interior fabrics and plastic are high on recycling. The door inserts are identical for the front and rear doors and are made of compression-molded wood fibers. The vehicle will be built at a converted GM Guide supplier plant in Monroe, La.
Next has a couple of big cost-saving ideas. Because body panels are a composite, they will not be painted, hence no paint shop. And because the structure is a spaceframe assembled by Magna Cosma, no body shop or stamping line is needed, only a welding line to put frame pieces together.
As for selling the cars, Ligocki acknowledges that Next is "still working on a retail plan." The company expects to sell through franchised dealers, perhaps in the corner of an existing dealership.
Ligocki said the plan is to offer a fully loaded model for less than the base price of a competitor such as the Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit or Toyota Yaris.


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Britvic Soft Drinks is extending distribution of its juice-based soft drink brand J20 from bars and pubs to retailers. The move is being backed by a £2m marketing campaign.
The brand has only been available in pubs and bars since its launch in November 1998, but Britvic wants to develop the J20 as an adult drink for the home.
The initiative, which will also include new packaging, follows Britvic’s recent axing of its Juice Up brand (MW February 28). Category director Andrew Marsden said at the time that withdrawing the brand would enable Britvic to concentrate on J20 and Robinson’s Fruit Shoot.
Barret Cernis is developing an advertising campaign for the retail launch, which is expected to include television advertising. Media will be bought by MindShare.
HHCL & Partners was appointed to handle the original launch of J20. The account was later passed to Burkitt DDB, which devised a six-sheet underground campaign. Spend on the brand for 2001 was just £140,000 (AC Nielsen/MEAL). Barret Cernis won the business in July 2001.
The product has been repackaged in a 275ml glass bottle. Single bottles will be available with a recommended retail price of 85p at major supermarkets. Tesco will offer a multipack of four bottles. J2O is 50 per cent fruit juice and 50 per cent water and comes in four flavours.
Britvic is also launching a £3m television advertising campaign for Robinson’s Fruit Shoot this week, devised by HHCL & Partners and continuing the “New thinking, new drinking” theme.


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Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, hands role to Andy Jassy
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Concerns over Coca-Cola’s (KO) involvement with a Colorado-based anti-obesity research group just took a new turn.
The soft drink company reportedly paid $550,000 directly to James Hill, president of Global Energy Balance Network, a presently defunct organization dedicated to advancing anti-obesity efforts. Fortune previously reported that the group disbanded following revelations that Coca-Cola donated $1 million in startup funding to the organization.
Hill, a nutrition expert, teaches at the University of Colorado and directs the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, the university’s medical campus. Coca-Cola provided him with the $550,000 before GEBN had been established, the Denver Post reports. The money paid for “honoraria, travel, education activities, and research on weight management,” a spokesperson from Coca-Cola told the Post.
Colorado Ethics Watch director Luis Toro told the Post that Coca-Cola funding Hill’s travel presents a big “red flag,” and it could go against a state law that restricts corporate funding to public employees. In addition to funding, emails originally obtained by the Associated Press show Hill asking the beverage giant if it could offer his son a job.
Coca-Cola also donated $1 million to CU Anschutz, which the university returned in the wake of the GEBN controversy. Richard Traystman, vice chancellor for research at the medical campus, agrees that industry does play an important role in the organization’s efforts, but “The only role? Not close.”
“It is not fair that Coca-Cola is [singled] out as the #1 villain in the obesity world,” Hill wrote in a 2014 email to Coca-Cola. “I want to help your company avoid the image of being a problem in peoples’ lives.” In the same email, Hill solicited the company for a donation. “I hope I am not being too forward but I need your help — and a lot of it,” he wrote. “No other groups out there are thinking the way we are thinking and we can succeed.”
A spokesperson for Coca-Cola told Fortune that the company is “evaluating [its] approach to obesity.” “We are listening and learning from leading experts in the public health community,” the spokesperson said, adding that Coca-Cola recognizes it needs to be “even more transparent.”


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What you need to know
- Halo Infinite’s next major content patch will be titled the “Winter Update,” developer 343 Industries announced on Thursday.
- The update will include online network co-op, the Forge map building tool, a new XP progression system, two new multiplayer maps, and a free Battle Pass.
- Notably, the development of Halo Infinite’s local split-screen co-op has been stopped to “accelerate ongoing live service development.”
- Halo Infinite’s “Winter Update” is slated to launch on November 8, 2022.
- Season 3, titled “Echoes Within,” has been pushed back to March 7, 2023, and will include new maps and modes, sandbox items, expanded customization, and the Custom Games Browser feature.
343 Industries has outlined what’s next for Halo Infinite, including its next major content patch slated to arrive later this year. Titled the “Winter Update,” the release marks “the largest content update to Halo Infinite since launch,” comprised of several long-promised features spanning its campaign and multiplayer modes.
The free update, scheduled to release for Xbox consoles and PC on November 8, 2022, brings several substantial pieces of content, including campaign co-op, the Forge level editor, and expanded multiplayer offerings. Highlights also include a beta version of a new progression system, fresh maps, and a free Battle Pass.
Microsoft also stated that Halo Infinite Season 3 — officially titled “Echoes Within” — has been pushed to next year and is now separated from the forthcoming update.
Halo Infinite’s campaign online co-op and the Mission Replay feature, as well as the game’s Forge beta, were originally planned to release in August and September, respectively. Now, though, we know that developer 343 Industries has consolidated these major gameplay additions into the upcoming Winter Update set for November.
The studio will share more details about Forge’s advanced functions throughout September and October, while we’ve learned that co-op will come with Mission Replay and cross-play compatibility, as well as new achievements and shared progression support.
Notably, the development of Halo Infinite’s local split-screen co-op has been halted to “improve and accelerate ongoing live service development” and to “better address player feedback and quality of life updates.” It wasn’t clarified to us whether or not this shift is temporary or permanent, however.
The Winter Update also brings additions to the Halo Infinite multiplayer suite and its available rewards. When it goes live, players can expect two new maps named Argyle and Detachment to release, both of which were made using Halo Infinite’s Forge mode. There will also be a new game mode, Covert One Flag, which will feature asymmetrical loadouts, round-based gameplay, and an attack/defense structure.
New cosmetic multiplayer content will accompany November’s Winter Update, included via a new 30-tier Battle Pass, available to all players. The free battle pass offers a condensed track of rewards versus traditional season releases, akin to previous Fracture mid-season events.
343 Industries will also flight its “Match XP beta” with the update, in an effort to ensure players are “rewarded no matter how they play.” We’ve written about why the current challenge-based progression in Halo Infinite feels more tedious than it needs to be in the past, with new traditional XP-based progression likely to tackle those criticisms. We weren’t given specific details about Match XP, but we expect it will award experience based on your overall match performance, similar to previous Halo games.
The Winter Update launches in lieu of Halo Infinite Season 3, once set for November 8, but is now slated to arrive on March 7, 2023. Season 3: Echoes Within will bring several new armor customization cores, plus one new map for Arena, and another geared to Big Team Battle. Two new game modes are also slated, VIP and the gun-game-inspired Escalation, both returning from previous Halo games.
Season 3 will also add a new M392 Bandit DMR weapon, which first made its debut back in Halo: Reach, as well as a piece of equipment named the Shroud Screen. This gadget acts like a smoke grenade and blocks vision, while also concealing players inside from the radar. Season 3 will also mark the arrival of the Custom Games Browser, a feature that will enable fans to find lobbies for their favorite modes and Forge creations.


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If you are a baseball fan, you might appreciate Master Card's new Apple Pay video commercials. It seems that the credit card company has not only teamed up with Apple to utilize the Apple Pay mobile payment platform, they are even spending time and money advertising it.
You might wonder why the commercials have a "baseball" theme to them, but it actually makes perfect sense. The commercials used Hall of Famers Tommy Lasorda and George Brett, and recently retired great Mariano Rivera, and these commercials were first aired during the recent World Series.
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The subcompact car segment in the United States saw a decline of 6% in sales in 2019, as it now holds just 2% of the overall car market and 7.3% of the overall market for sedans. The class leader Kia Soul consolidates its position as it moves with the segment at -6% while its closest rival Nissan Versa is down by double that at -12% as it’s preparing for a new model generation. The Ford Fiesta, in its last full year on the North American market, shows a 16% gain as dealers are discounting to move them off their lots. [Read more…]
Car sales statistics for the subcompact car segment in the US, updated every quarter.
Subcompact segment returns to black on the back of rejuvenated Fiesta sales
Sales in the US Subcompact segment rose by 4.3% in the first half of 2019, raising hopes that the segment will arrest its decline, where its sales have almost halved between 2016 and 2018. However, with no new entrants on the horizon and with many manufacturers debating on whether to even replace their current models (Ford will not [Read more…]
Segment posts a decline of over 20% for the second consecutive year of 20% plus decline
Sales in the US Subcompact segment fell by 20.7% to 374,518 in 2018, making it the second year in a row that the segment has lost more than 20% of sales. As a result, total sales are now 43% lower than their 2014 peak. Moreover, with no new entrants on the horizon and with many manufacturers debating on whether to even replace [Read more…]
Kia Rio is the only model to see its sales rise, as segment once again shrinks by almost 20%
Sales in the US Subcompact segment fell by 18.6% to 203,930 in the first half of 2018, with the segment posting almost identical growth in the second quarter as in the first. With only two models posting positive growth and only two new models on the immediate horizon (the already-revealed new Hyundai Accent, and the Kia Soul), it looks likely [Read more…]
Sales of all models fall as segment dips below 100,000 for the first time in over a decade
Sales in the Subcompact segment fell by 18.7% to 99,099 in the first quarter of 2018, declining below the 100,000 level for the first time in over a decade. Given this rate of decline, it is far from clear whether the already-revealed new Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio, or the incoming Kia Soul, will be enough to inject enough new vigor into a segment [Read more…]
Sales in the US subcompact segment fell by 23.0% to 104,268 in the fourth quarter of 2017, getting dangerously close to 100,000, a level above which sales have been every quarter in the last decade. For 2017 as a whole, the segment shrank by 20.7% to 480,998, the steepest decline from among all mainstream segments. However, there may be [Read more…]
Sales in the subcompact segment in the United States continued falling in the third quarter of 2017, dropping from just under half a million in 2016 to 376,213 in the first three quarters of 2017, which is less than the number of minivans sold over the same period. The decline has been pretty consistent so far this year, with the rate of decline ranging between 15% and 25% over the three quarters, and suggests customers are eschewing this segment in favor of subcompact SUVs. It will be interesting whether the new Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio will be able to turn this around once they hit the market, but given the disappointing performance of the new Honda Fit the signs are not very promising.
Sales in the subcompact segment in the United States continued falling in the second quarter of 2017, dropping by 250,395 units for the first half of the year. This represents a fall of 20.8% compared to the first half of 2016, the second fastest rate of decline from among the mainstream segments, behind only the minicar segment. Part of the reason is that a lot of the cars in the segment are either about to be replaced (Chevrolet Sonic, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio) or are in the second half of their life-cycle (Nissan Versa, Toyota Yaris), but really it’s the gradual migration to crossovers that’s the more likely reason of this trend – the subcompact SUV segment grew by 10.6% percent over the same period, and sold more than 200,000 units in half a year for the first time ever.
While minicars rebounded in Q1 of 2017, the subcompact car segment started the year deep in the red with a loss of 15.7% compared to the first quarter of 2016, for a total of 117,995 sales. The segment top-3 all lost with double digits, as the rise of the subcompact crossover segment undoubtedly plays a role in the struggles of the similarly sized sedans and hatchbacks. Then again, no less than four out of the nine players are due to be renewed this year (Chevrolet Sonic, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio), while two others are in the second half of their life-cycle (Nissan Versa, Toyota Yaris) as well.
Sales of subcompact cars rebounded slightly in the fourth quarter of 2016, growing by 2 percent relative to Q4’15, allowing the segment to cut the annual fall in sales to 3 percent. This is a very respectable performance for a segment where most cars are older designs, either in the second half of their life-cycle (Nissan Versa, Toyota Yaris) or about to be replaced (Chevrolet Sonic, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio). And while the segment still only sells less than a third of what the Compact segment manages, 2016 is notable as the first time that the Subcompact segment outsold the Minivan segment over the course of a year.


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Good Friday Blunder, New Low Cost Go Pro That’s Not Cheap
Is this the sign of struggling company or just plain stupid PR, Go Pro has used Good Friday as the day to announce a new low cost Go Pro despite most media Companies being on holiday and all CE retailers shut.
GoPro CEO Nick Woodman promised late last year that the Company was looking to launch a low-cost version of their action proof premium camera, the new model is capped to a max resolution and frame rate of 1440p at 60 frames per second, so it can’t shoot 4K or super-slow-motion footage.
Called the Hero, it looks just like the Hero 5 and Hero 6, and costs $299.95 in Australia. A similar Laser Corporation offering the NAVIG8R sports camera which also has Wi Fi connectivity is selling for $87 at Big W.
The Go Pro device takes 10-megapixel photos, down from 12 megapixels, and it only has one burst shooting option (10 frames per second) and one-time lapse setting (0.5 seconds per shot).
The NAVIG8R has 60fps a still image resolution of to 4608 x 3456. the default video resolution is (1920×1080) 1080P Vs 1440p for the new Go Pro offering.
Unlike the Go Pro Hero 6 Black, which has a custom-built image processor called the GP1, the new Hero still uses an Ambarella chip.
Wired Magazine said that the latest Go Pro release arrives at a time when GoPro’s once tumescent halo has faded. Not long ago, the US manufacturer held the entire action camera market in its brutally dominant grip. But in the last two years, competitors have nibbled away at its market share.
Smartphone cameras have improved drastically, obviating most users’ need for a dedicated video camera. Meanwhile, Asian manufacturers have released dozens of action cams at prices that comically undercut GoPro’s—some feature-for-feature matches of Hero cameras sell for less than half the price of a GoPro.
Looking to diversify, GoPro launched a drone business in 2016, then abandoned it early this year, laying off hundreds of employees. Just last week, GoPro announced it would start licensing its camera tech to third parties. In a long and steady slide, GoPro’s stock has shrunk from over $80 a share in late 2014 to around $5 today.


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BlackBerry had a lot of announcements this morning at its BB10 launch event in NYC. What we didn't see in the live coverage was the booth's set up around the event showcasing the official accessories for the new BlackBerry Z10.
The Verge has just posted some images of a few of the official accessories geared for use with the new Z10. As expected there is a whole line-up of protective and stylish cases, but the big news accessories seem to be the optional Z10 charger that has a slot for charging a back-up battery.
Alongside the new charger is what appears to be a clip on Bluetooth 4.0 speaker that is big enough to clip onto the straps of even the largest messenger bag. The speaker doubles as a speaker phone and it has an auxiliary port so you can play music wirelessly on any device that lacks Bluetooth support.
Finally there are the cases. It seems like every shape and design is available, with models with features like kickstands, tablet like covers, and even some high quality looking leather units.
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Technology Jobs in Demand in Ireland
Last week, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that “Ireland is open to investment, trade, talent and creativity” after announcing the creation of new tech jobs in Dublin. Varadkar was keen to highlight that jobs are being created in the tech sector and that companies are recruiting despite recent stories of difficulties in the sector.
Varadkar’s comments are in line with the latest Morgan McKinley Ireland quarterly employment monitor, which pointed out that despite the slower growth in technology post-pandemic, roles within the sector are still looking steady for 2023 and that there are a number of technology jobs in demand in Ireland.
The technology sector has been one of the fastest-growing industries in Ireland and it offers a wide range of job opportunities for individuals with a variety of skills and interests. From software development and data analysis to cybersecurity, project management and tech support, the tech sector offers a diverse range of job roles to suit a variety of interests and skill sets.
One of the most in-demand jobs in the tech sector is software development. Software development involves designing, coding, and testing software applications to meet the needs of customers and businesses. Software developers are in high demand across almost all industries due to the increasing reliance on technology in all aspects of our lives. Work in this area offers an excellent income opportunity and good prospects for advancement. Software development in 2023 topped the U.S. News 100 Best Jobs rankings.
Data analysis is another attractive occupation that is growing in the tech sector. Data analysts collect, process, and analyze large amounts of data to uncover insights and trends. They use this information to inform business decisions and help organizations improve their performance. The increasing importance of data-driven decision making has led to demand for data analytics skills. Indeed, The World Economic Forum listed data analyst as one of the most in-demand job categories across all industries in the U.S. If data and analytics is something you are interested in, there are exciting career possibilities for you to explore.
Cybersecurity professionals are in high demand. Cybersecurity analysts protect computer networks from cyberattacks and unauthorized access. They are responsible for anticipating and defending against potential cyber threats. Cybersecurity professionals respond to security breaches and play a key role in protecting an organization’s valuable data. As cybercrime rises and companies become more aware of the cyber risk challenges they face today, the demand for cybersecurity professionals continues to grow. The global shortage of skilled workers in this area has been estimated at more than three million.
Project management is another key role in the tech sector. Project managers are responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects. They work with teams to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of stakeholders. Project management in the Tech industry has become ever more important and is expected to continue to increase in demand as it becomes a defining factor for a company’s success.
Tech support is another growing area across the tech industry. Tech support specialists are responsible for handling technical problems that prevent a customer from using a product. A study from The CMO Council found that providing customers with better technical advice and assistance is the number 1 one way companies can improve the product ownership experience for users. Currently there is strong demand for Tech Support as companies seek to provide the best customer experience they can.Overall, the tech sector is a thriving industry that offers a wide range of job opportunities for individuals with a variety of skills. Additionally, as technology continues to evolve, there will always be an increasing demand for new skilled workers and the sector will continue to grow and provide a great opportunity for individuals to find success and develop their careers.
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Switzerland is set to vote on Sunday on whether to end its agreement with the European Union that allows free movement of people between the two jurisdictions.
The World Health Organization gave China its blessing to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still underway, a Chinese National Health Commission official said on Friday.
Durable goods orders in the US came in slightly below forecasts last month, even as those for core capital goods strengthened.
Next boss Simon Wolfson said many thousands of retail jobs would not survive the long-term effects of the Covid-19 crisis, the BBC reported.
UK car production almost halved in August, official figures showed as the coronavirus pandemic and seasonal factory shutdowns took their toll.
The government borrowed £35. 9bn in August - the third highest monthly figure on record - as tax revenue fell and the government spent to deal with the economic effects of the Covid-19 crisis.
The Financial Conduct Authority urged banks and investment firms to improve measures for remote working and avoiding misconduct.
New home sales in the States jumped past forecasts last month and from a higher base on the back of upwards revisions to data for July.
The government will look to stave off a potential wave of redundancies this autumn by topping up the wages of "viable jobs" when the furlough scheme comes to the end, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday.
The Facebook Oversight Board said it plans to launch ahead of the US presidential election in November to monitor political content on the platform.
The pace of improvement in US jobless claims slowed last week, government data showed on Thursday, as America's labour market looked to have stalled.
The International Energy Agency said that without carbon capture, utilisation and storage programs it will be impossible for governments and large companies to meet targets for the reduction of greenhouse gases.
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis said that companies and governments should take advantage of the opportunity the global pandemic has provided to tackle food waste as focus on global supplies increases.
S&P Global has cut its economic forecasts for the UK, predicting a 10% slide this year before conditions start to improve in 2021.
French business confidence has continued to recover, with the industrial sector showing a better-than-expected improvement in September, according to a survey released on Thursday.
Britain’s aviation and tourism industries faced massive job losses unless the government provided more support and eased travel restrictions, Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary said on Thursday.
UK retail sales rose at their fastest pace for 18 months in September as household items boomed and demand for clothing slumped, a Confederation of British Industry survey showed.
German business sentiment continued to improve in September but the recovery is slowing, according to a survey released by the Ifo Institute on Thursday.
The novel coronavirus will exact a much higher toll on job markets around the world than previously feared, according to the global watchdog for labour.
UK ministers warned on Wednesday that a worst case scenario post-Brexit transition period would see queues of as many as 7,000 trucks in Kent.


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The SAFEagent campaign held its first consumer stakeholder forum on 12 December.
The meeting, chaired by Lord Best, brought together representatives from organisations including NUS, Shelter, Crisis, OFT and The Property Ombudsman to discuss how SAFEagent can be promoted to tenants and landlords on a national level. SAFEagent supplier supporters HomeLet and CFP Winman also attended the meeting.
The organisations pledged to use their respective networks, communication channels and events in order to highlight the importance of using a letting agent covered by a Client Money Protection Scheme.
Eric Walker of SAFEagent said: “We are very fortunate that the organisations supporting SAFEagent have embraced it so fully. SAFEagent is not a campaign for individual firms promoting their own interests: it’s about working together as a wider industry to raise consumer awareness of the financial protection which SAFEagent signposts.


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The only aspect of this that worries me is the fact that Whitman seems to want to keep PCs and printers together as a business. That doesn’t make as much sense to me. I truly wish HP would just spin printers off into its own business. An independent printer business could restart the innovation that died so long ago.
But that’s beside the point. What’s really important here is that the enterprise side of the business no longer be saddled with making up for the losses in HP’s poorly planned consumer market efforts. From their failed tablet business, to the endless efforts by HP to get a foot into new consumer markets like flash drives, computer accessories, the rumored entry into the mobile phone markets, and even the company’s years of leadership in the utterly dead-on-arrival palm-top market, HP has a long track record of trying to build in the consumer market. Sometimes it does succeed. I suppose you could call the iPaq a winner: it was the best, most powerful handheld device for a long time. But in the end, it didn’t matter at all because HP never produced an iPaq with any phone capabilities. Thus, the platform died when the iPhone arrived.
Similarly, HP’s efforts in the tablet market came from a repurposing of an existing handheld market leader, Palm. But in the end, this platform failed miserably as well.
Meanwhile, HP business services and its other enterprise offerings seem to be doing just fine. The company has long been able to perform there similarly to IBM. Of course, IBM threw its consumer products away years ago as well. One can only expect IBM is the model HP is hoping to emulate here.
So while HP looks for someone to buy up its consumer services, end users of HP’s enterprise products should see this as a good thing. It can only mean that the resulting enterprise company will focus more heavily on what its enterprise customers need, and you can bet they won’t be shoehorning unsold desktops and printers into enterprise contracts anymore. That’s a good thing.


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ThinkDigital has launched, in collaboration with Hit Yourself Consulting, “Celebrity Audiences”, an online communication platform that takes celebrity endorsement to the next level.
With 35 Romanian bands and artists already in the mix, “Celebrity Audiences” enables brands to associate with these artists and target effectively over 12m Facebook fans.
As Dragos Stanca, the Managing Partner of ThinkDigital Romania, says:
“the original content produced online by artists for their fans is like a new form of media, which isn’t exploited by brands in a structured manner. Our initiative comes to meet the clients, the media and the PR agencies, and offer them a flexible and easy-to-use tool, a unique contact point and a standardized way of work.”
Based on a recent study by Quantix Marketing Consulting that was commissioned by ThinkDigital and Hit Yourself Consulting, fans are open to ad messages posted online by their favorite artists - especially when these messages are spread via social media – and are more likely to appreciate the brands that support their favorite celebrities.
According to the research, the categories perceived by participants as being more relevant to artists are music, fashion, bars, restaurants and technology gadgets, however the likes of automotive, telcos and FMCGs were mentioned as well.


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Songtradr continues its global expansion, with ambitions to transform a fragmented sync licensing industry.
Last year, global sync licensing marketplace Songtradr confirmed a major fundraising round.
The company had raised $4 million in a Series A round led by Richard White. The funding would accelerate growth on a platform that — at that point — included 140,000 artists and catalogs from over 150 countries.
Songtradr’s Series A brought the company’s total funding to $9 million.
Now, the marketplace has revealed another major funding milestone.
Syncing to the tune of $12 million.
Last month, the licensing marketplace acquired Big Sync Music, the largest sync music agency in the world. Big Sync Music, created by brands, was the largest buyer of licensed music for brands. Co-Founders included Unilever Ventures, the VC arm of Unilever, which become a minority shareholder in Songtradr.
Earlier today, Songtradr confirmed it has completed a $12 million Series B funding round. Led by WiseTech CEO Richard White, Songtradr will use the funding to expand internationally as well as develop new products.
The platform currently counts 400,000 artists and catalogs from more than 190 countries. According to Songtradr, its revenue has also increased 400% year-over-year.
Speaking about the funding, Paul Wiltshire, the marketplace’s founder and CEO, said,
“The completion of our Series B funding is an exciting step that allows us to further implement our growth and acquisition plans to create the world’s most intelligent, frictionless licensing experience for both music creators and music licensees.”
The injection promises to further change the sync sub-industry. Already, Songtradr is pushing into distribution, and smartly using data gleaned from platform interactions to inform its sync matches. That ‘big data’ approach is actually pretty foreign to the sync business, where most matching relies on gut instinct and established relationships — not data research.
Looking head, the funding tranche raises some interesting questions about Songtradr’s future m&a plans.
White, Founder and CEO of Aussie-based WiseTech Global, has over 30 years of experience in software development, embedded systems, and business management. He has also worked as a musician.
In a statement, White added,
“Songtradr is poised to be a global leader in music licensing and I’m delighted to support this next phase. I have been watching the growth of [the marketplace] as an early investor for some time, and I’m keen to help accelerate its growth further as they unfold their product roadmap.”
The latest fundraising round brings the marketplace’s total funding to $21.5 million.


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E-cigarettes slow to light up the market: BAT says smokers are bored of rang and that's hit sales
Rothman and Dunhill maker British American Tobacco has warned that sales of electronic cigarettes are in danger of stalling because smokers are bored with what’s being offered.
Chief executive Nicandro Durante said there would be a lag before a raft of innovations, including different flavours and longer battery life, inject fresh interest in what was thought to be a fast growth category.
The tobacco boss used a disappointing half year update in which profit and sales were hit by the strong pound, to admit shortcomings with the alternative to traditional cigarettes.
Bored: British American Tobacco has warned that sales of electronic cigarettes are in danger of stalling because smokers are bored with what's being offered
‘At the moment the products are not delivering what people expect,’ said Durante. ‘It is not a category that has taken the industry by storm. But I’ve invested because I believe it is a category that will be important for the future of the business.’
Traditional cigarettes are being replaced by electronic versions in what has become a £1.2billion industry.
British American Tobacco launched its Vype brand last summer and rival Imperial Tobacco introduced its first e-cigarette in the UK in February.
Brand: British American Tobacco launched a Vype e-cigarette in 2013
Durante said e-cigarettes contribute up to 2 per cent of the total cigarette market in Europe and it would take more than 100 years to take just a fifth of the market.
The firm blamed the strong pound and a slight decline in volume for a fall in pre-tax profit to £2.6billion for the six months to June 6 2014 from £2.9billion.
Total revenues fell to £6.7billion from £7.5billion, while the interim dividend was increased by 6per cent to 47.5p-a-share.
The shares fell 44p to 3523.50p after the firm warned foreign exchange would have a 12 per cent hit on profit and sales for the full year.
BAT was hit hard by a lack of strength in the Brazilian real, and Russian rouble.
Durante said the market would continue to consolidate in the wake of Reynolds America’s acquisition of Lorillard in America. BAT owns a 42 per cent stake in Reynolds. He also said the government would lose £600million in tax if it introduced plain packaging.
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Police release alcohol theft related CCTV appeal
POLICE investigating the theft of alcohol from a Knutsford store have released CCTV of a man they want to speak to in relation to the offence.
Two bottles of Smirnoff vodka, a bottle of Jack Daniels and two bottles of Jameson Irish Whiskey were stolen from the Co-operative store in Princess Street.
Stills from the above CCTV footage were shot in the store at 1pm on May 26 2013.
Anyone with information, or who recognises the man should call Knutsford police on the non-emergency number 101.
Alternatively, Information can be left anonymously with Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Campaign to convert worn-out shoes into nests for birds in Hatay, southern Turkey
To learn more about this unique campaign that has spread environmental awareness among people, we recommend that you read this article.
A campaign to transform worn shoes into bird nests, a group of activists from the “Sary Zipklar Association” campaign launched a campaign to collect worn shoes and transform them into bird nests by hanging them on trees, with the aim of spreading environmental awareness and drawing attention to the need to collect waste and place it in designated places in the Iskenderun region of Hatay .
In a short time since the start of the campaign, the members of the association collected 80 pairs of shoes, and expanded them in the “House of Art” workshop, which belongs to the sculptor Salahuddin Deniz, so that birds can live in them, and they were colored in different colors.
Then, the nests of new birds were placed in different places in the forests after taking So, from the responsible authorities, some nests made of shoes were suspended in the upper parts of the tree by using stairs, so that the birds could accommodate them in the winter.
“I started this project when I saw online how some European countries deal with the shoes they reach as waste, so we started a campaign to collect the shoes that their owners throw in the garbage to dispose of,” said Banu Demirkent, campaign director and vice-president of the Sari Zipklar Association.
Demirkent pointed out that the campaign received many contributions within a very short time, and that these shoes will be used throughout the life as bird nests.
The campaign moved the shoes to the “House of Art” workshop where they were drawn with different patterns and shapes, and Demirkent said: “We worked for about a month, and we wanted to take advantage of the worn out shoes that will be thrown in the garbage, and we sought to do so to spread awareness to everyone and draw their attention to issues .” Environmental, waste, recycling and wastefulness “.
This campaign is the first of its kind in Turkey, and similar copies exist in some European countries.
The head of the Sarı Zipklar Association, Nozat Kurt, has invited citizens not to throw their worn out shoes in the trash and provide them in support of the campaign.
Kurt said: “The shoes dumped at the waste sites are subject to evaluation, then transferred to a workshop to be expanded and stained with the colors of nature, then the shoes are fixed using ropes without causing any damage to the trees, and are placed in several places in Iskenderun, we hope that the birds build their nests inside, and we do not know whether It will build her nests with shoes or not, because we are doing it for the first time.
It was the beginning of the project from Hatay, and I expect it to be applied in many Turkish regions. ”
In the following picture, the youngest of the campaign’s 10-year-old girl, Sabiha Sue Karkash, is enjoying coloring shoes that will become a nest for birds.


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The chairman of the board and CEO of the Qeshm Free Zone Organization announced plans to produce 6 million tons of petrochemical products in the near future on the island.
Advisor to the president and secretary general of the Free and Special Economic Zones announced: B + rank, in line with many developed countries, was granted to the Qeshm Free Zone in the first ranking of investment risk credit ratings in Iran.
Chairman of the Board and CEO of Qeshm Free Zone Organization said: We are managing the crisis and new sanctions of the United States with a view to reducing the damage.
The national resistance is leading back enemies/ The role of island craftsmen in supplying the goods needed by the country
Chairman of the Board and CEO of Qeshm Free Zone Organization said: We are pushing enemies back with national resistance, double-stranded industrial activists, and management in macro-economic activities.
Establishing the synergy of Hormozgan province, with free areas of Qeshm and Kish, provides favorable conditions.
Hormozgan governor said: "In the current situation, it is expected that Hormozgan will be able to create favorable conditions with its free and special areas and bring economic hope and vitality to the country."


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NIK NAKS are bringing back a fan favourite flavour – but the announcement has left crisp-lovers divided.
Nik Naks are known for their knobbly appearance and unusual flavours.
Nik Naks crisps first came into our lives back in 1981 – they're made by KP Snacks, the company better-known for its packs of peanuts.
Nice 'n' Spicy and Rib 'n' Saucy are the best known flavours, but some fans might have forgotten some older options.
Scampi 'n' Lemon flavour Nik Naks were first available in the 90s but were discontinued in 2008.
The flavour was axed in favour of Pickle 'n' Onion – which didn't stick around too long.
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Fans might also remember Cream 'n' Cheesy Nik Naks, and a limited edition Naughty 'n' Saucy flavour launched for Valentine's Day.
The iconic green bags containing Scampi 'n' Lemon Nik Naks are set to hit shelves again, according to Facebook Group Snack News & Reviews.
But fans are divided and some say Nik Naks has brought back the wrong flavour.
The post announcing the return of the savoury snack has racket up more than 800 comments – and it seems many people would prefer to see a cheesy option reinstated instead.
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One person commented: "Cheese ones are definitely the best ones. Bring those back."
Another agreed: "Need the cheese ones back – the only ones worth eating!"
A third person wrote: "Cream & cheesy all the way."
Another added: "Cheese ones were the best, like."
Still, some people are looking forward to the return of Scampi flavour.
One person wrote: "This is my favourite flavour of Nik Naks."
Another person tagged their local shop owner: "If your shop gets these in, tell me immediately! I lived for these as a kid."
KP Snacks told The Sun that the 75g bags would be available at retailers including Booker, One Stop, Spar and Nisa, with a recommended retail price of £1.
It said the flavour would be available from August 22. It is not clear if they are a limited edition for back for good.
The Sun couldn't find Scampi flavour Nik Naks when we checked the Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's websites but there are other flavours available.
You can pick up a six-pack of 20gram bags in Rib 'n' Saucy or Nice 'n' Spicy flavour at Tesco for 99p, or a single 45g bag for 90p.
Or if you've really got a hankering for fish-flavoured savoury snacks, you can get a Smiths Savoury Selection Snacks six-pack, which includes three bags of Scampi Fries for £1.50 at Ocado.
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Of course, if you're buying online, remember to factor in delivery costs.
It might be cheaper to head to your nearest corner shop or supermarket branch to pick up your crisps of choice if you don't want to bulk order.
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ODESSA – A Midland man and woman are behind bars on several charges.
Odessa Police tell NewsWest 9, they were called out to the Wal-Mart on Loop 338 in reference to a theft.
Employees at Wal-Mart told police that 30-year-old John Arthur Orona and 30-year-old Amanda Fayann Gervais concealed meat underneath their shirts and tried to leave the store without paying for it.
As Orona and Gervais were being questioned by police, they gave false names to authorities because they were wanted out of Pecos.
Orona and Gervais are behind bars on charges of theft, false identification – fugitive from justice and for outstanding warrants.